ABCD: 1164

Tankardstown South Co. Limerick

Site code:

1164

Site details:

Location: Tankardstown South, Co. Limerick, 1988, Limerick, Ireland, Eire R000000
Period: Neolithic
Category: house
Notes: Gas Pipeline site
Topography: low lying river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: cereal grain

Bibliography

Monk M. 1988. Appendix 3 Archaeobotanical study of samples from pipeline sites. 185-191. In: Gowen M. Three Irish gas pipelines: New archaeological evidence for Munster. [Tankardstown South] Dublin: Worldwell Ltd. Ireland, Eire, Limerick

Processed by

MAM - Monk, Mick A: Dept Archaeology, Cork

Sample: 1164a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE	F1	trench fill	clay silt	neolithic	?	?
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: neolithic domestic food processing activity Archaeological interpretion: fill of foundation trench of house
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Cerealia fgt c 20 3 cf. Atriplex sp. pro c 1 1 Hordeum/Triticum sp. pro c 1 1 Malus sylvestris end c 291 4 Malus sylvestris pip c 18 2 Triticum cf. dicoccon glb c 12 2 Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 88 3 Triticum cf. dicoccon spf c 5 1 Triticum sp. fgt c 61 3 Triticum sp. glb c 1 1 Triticum sp. spf c 1 1

Sample: 1164b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE	F23	post pit fills	silt/clay/sand	neolithic	?	?
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: accidental charring/trampling on floor surface Archaeological interpretion: domestic food processing activity
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Atriplex sp. pro c 1 1 Cerealia fgt c 890 4 cf. Bromus sp. pro c 2 1 cf. Chenopodiaceae pro c 2 1 Corylus avellana fgt c 14 2 Malus sylvestris end c 13 2 Malus sylvestris pip c 2 1 Polygonaceae pro c 1 1 Triticum cf. dicoccon glb c 29 3 Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 419 4 Triticum cf. dicoccon spf c 20 3 Triticum sp. fgt c 537 4 Triticum sp. glb c 22 3 Triticum sp. spf c 5 1

Sample: 1164c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE	F41	post pit fills	silt/sand/clay	neolithic	?	?
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: accidental charring & incorporation into post pit fills Archaeological interpretion: domestic food processing activity
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Cerealia fgt c 157 4 cf. Bromus sp. pro c 1 1 Corylus avellana fgt c 4 1 Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 60 3 Triticum cf. dicoccon spf c 1 1 Triticum sp. fgt c 77 3 Triticum sp. glb c 1 1 Triticum sp. spf c 3 1 Triticum/Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1

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